Vehicle.



G. F. SGHMELZ.

VEHICLE. AI'PLIOATIOH rnnn In. so, 1900.

Patented Aug. 24. 1909.

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VEHICLE. I APPLICATION FILED IARJO, 1903.

932,333. Patentd Aug. 24.1909.

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VEHICLE. APPLICATIONFILEDHAB..'30,190B. 932,333. Patented Aug. 24. 1909.

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UNITED [STATES ,ZPATENT OFFICE;

FAGTU'BlING- COMPANY '01 BRISTOL, CONNECTIGUT,A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

VEHICLE.

classes of vehicles,' but particularly-rte motor.

vehiclesor similar devices calculated to be moved at a relatively high rate of speed and carryim a bodly member.

In order to i ustrete the application of my mvention, Lhave shown it as applied to a motor vehicle minus the drivingmechanism' and other well known-accessories because these might easily be omitted as they form no Hart of the present invention. and would t n to obscure the mechanism which it is desired to illustrate-.

scribing an are, as for examplqm turning a ride means w ereb One of the disadvantages heretofore exlpe rienced by occupants of motor vehicles been the uncomfortable eflect produced-in corner. This has been due in a measure= to the centrifugal force resulting from the wheels to run on an arc of a circle the tendencv bein to throw the 10 d toward the outer side of the vehicle.

It is the purpose of my invention to. overcome this anno ance by permitti hicle body to ti t in proportion to 1e deflection of the wheels from a straight course, in.

other words: it is one of the ob ects of my invention to provide means for til the vehicle body when the wheels are scribi 0 arcs, so that the highest part of the body be on .the outer side, causing the fl'oor and seats'to incline upwardly in an outer direction toresist' the. tendency of the loadto shift.

Another object of my invention is to provide means whereb the tilt of the body may be accomplished t uough the steering gear.

Another ob'ect of my invention is to prothe body will be caused to maintain para elism with the ..running frame. during the time that the vehicle is moving in a straight course.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 30, 1936. Serial No. 808,890. I

I the ve- -secure to the Patented Au 24, 1909.

Another object of my invention is to provide means for resiliently supp'ortin the vehicle bod'y irrespective of its angle oFinclination.

Other objects and advantages, as well as the novel details of construction of this invention, will be specifically set forth hereinafter, it being undeistoo that changes in form, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the s ficing any of t 1e atlvantages thereof.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a top view of a motor vehicle to \VhlCll my invention has been a same; r g. 3 is a front end view,- Fig. 4 1s a. sectional view on the line 4-4 .of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 5.5- of FI 2; and Figs. 6 and- 7 are end views.

.showin the different inclined positions of. the-body frame when the wheels are de-.

flected in different directions.

The running gear is illustrated, in the presear'ings 12 an'd"13 on the res ective axle 14 and 15, which can porte by the wheels W- and B desi ates .the body frame which is illustrated as ein connected to'therunninggear.

fraine throug the medium of the outwardl disposed arms 16 and 16' carried by-the ho 1 'low side bars 10 and-11, which side bars are CHARLES I. S CH IIIELZ, OF BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT, ASS-IGNOB. TO THE NEW DEPARTURE MANU- irit of the invention or sac-niisent instance,- as including longitudinally osedhollow side bars 10 and ll-mountedm adapted to rock in the bearings 12" and '13.

The connection between the arms 16"and- 16' and'fthe body frame includes links 17 and 17' carried b thereof (at the present mstanc'e they are shown. as'being near the front end). the end distant from the arms 16 and 16 are outstand' nected to a eat spring 20 through themed um .of the links 21 and 22, the intermediate portion of said sp The u tand t 1 l are 10,- 11 respe' c ve am haye interposed betweenthem a suitable r'esihentconnection illustrated in the present instance as comgrising a nonvolute spring S connected to sai N ear 'alsoconnected to the brackets 18 and 18' the body' fra nehnearone end 1- arms 19 and 19.which are conring being connected .to the body as at-23 through the transverse bar 24.

' arms 25 and. 26 are. rigidly arms, so as to have a tend-- shafts are provided with rigid steering arms 29 and 30 at one end, in the present instance the front end, and these steering arms are illustrated as being connected to the front wheels by links 31 and 32; Depending from said -rock shafts 28 and-29 and projecting through the arcuate' slots 33 and 34 in the said bearings 10 and 11, are arms 35 and 36 ,which arms are ri id on the rock shafts 28 and 29, and have inked connections with a transversely dis osed reciprocato'ry .rack bar 37, which rack ar is supported in guides 38 carried by a hanger--39, which hanger also' .serves the pu ose of preventing sidewise' movement of'either the bar 10 011-11 supported in; bearing 40 and 41 thereof.

On' the side "bars 10 and 1 1 is a sectional,

transverse shaft illustrated as com rising two arts 42 and 43 with longitudinally up stan ilig projections 44 and 45, which carry blocks 1) 6 having and threaded open- I .'1ngs."'These shaft sections 42 and 43 are connected to an end bar 48 of the frame B by arms 49 and 50, said arms being rigid oli'the shaft sections 42 and '43 but having swinging .connections'w'ith-said bar 48.

j' When'the projections 44 and '45 are in the pgsition' shown in Figs. 1 to 5, the body will maintained in parallelism with the runnin gear irrespective of 'where the load is app 'ed, because a screw connection 51 between saidarms 44' and will hold the. two sections 42 and 43 rigid with each other and rev'ent any movement unless said screw 51 1s turned. Therefore, it will follow that if weightis .ap 'ed to either side of the .vehicle body, one o the sidebars 10 or 11 will be caused to be rocked pulling down either the arm 49 or and thereby causing the other arm to become depressed, with the result that the opposite srde'of the vehicle body will be depressed in pro ortion to the amount of depression of the si e having the-weight,- so that all parts of the frame will be de:- pressed to the same degree. If the wei ht is .removed, the rise of one portion ofthe ody will cause all portions of the body to become sufiiciently raised and the maintenance -of the parallelism will, therefore, be assured. As heretofore, stated, it is one of the puroses of myinvention to destroy the paral- 1 elism between the 'body and the running gear frame at certain periods; as for'example, when the vehicle is scribing an are. I have 1 provided an appropriate mechanism for acspline-being illustrated at 58.

complishing this result. This mechanism in the present instance is illustrated as comprisinga stand bracket 52, in which is j ournaled a shaft 53 carrying a hand wheel 54 whereby the operator may control the direc'-. 7-0 'tlOI1 of rotation of the shaft. Carried by the shaft 53, is, a gear 55, which meshes witha pinion 56 carried by' telescopic shaft 57, which is provided with universal joints, one of which ISIIS Bd as a connection between said shaft 57 and the screw 51. The two sections of the telescopic shaft 52 are permitted to have longitudinal play one upon the other, but any rotative' movement of one of the members with relation to the other willbe' prevented by a, key-way and spJline, the 4 A evel pi ion 59 carried by the shaft 53 is in mesh with a bevel gear 59 on a telescopic shaft 60,. which is provided with a univcrsal'joint 61 providing a'connection betwee rit. and a shaft 62 on which is a )inion 63, at all times in mesh with the teat "on the rack bar 37. When the operator desires to scribe-an arc, as in turning a corner; the hand wheel 54 will she turned in the proper direction-to impart the proper direction" of movement'to the shafts 53' and 57, .as-well as the shaft 60; the movement'im aftedto the-shaft 60 will be comn'1unicate' 'to' the-pinion 63 causing the rack bar to move. either to the right or to the left and impart movement to each .'of the g rock shafts 27 and 28; and, through the medium of the connections 31; and 32 with the wheels, said, wheels will .be deflected to the proper angle in the proper direction. Syn- 'hronously with this, proper-movement will be imparted to the screw 51 causing the up? standing projections 44 and 45 to move either toward or away from each other, this bein possible on account of.the'ri l1t"-'and-left ha'n threads on the screw 51. Now the movement of the upstanding proiections toward 7 and away from each other'wi 1 be effective in, tilting the body either to the'right or to the left, and the'mechamsm '-'so arranged that this tilting conforms to the deflection ofthe' I wheels, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7. When the .wheels aredeflected to the right the left handside of the vehicle bod will be raised, and when .the wheels. are" e'flected 'to the left, the right hand side of the vehicle will be raised, thus thetendency to throw the load toward the outer side of the vehicle will beresisted on account of the angle of inclination of the body. As soonas the wheels are brought back in arallelism with'the longitudinal center of t e gear frame, the body will be-caused to resum'e its. horizontal position and this will'be destroyed only when' I25 the wheels are deflected. By 'referenceto the drawings, it be observed thatthe shaft 57 is driven at a relatively lower'speed than the shaft 60, thusthe range of. movement of the upstanding project1ons 44 and 30 utilized, and in view 45 will be greater du ring. agreaterturnof the hand wheel 54,- than willthe-range of movement of the rack bar 37 which-iin arts the tilting movement to the vehicle 'bod y.-

Another feature to which I desire to call attention is that whenithe body is, tilted the center of gravity will be changedor. shifted toward the inner side of the vehic-le,.thatis to say toward the lower side of the' vehicle body; thus thetendency .of the vehicle to overturn will be reduced, if-not wholly eliminat-ed. mitted to assume an approximately horizontalposition, the center of gravity will be shifted to about the longitudinal central portion of the vehicle.

In view of the ;fact that the. adjusting means for control v thetiltingof the body includes a screw, it is obvious that after the parts are once .s'et, an liability of their -be coming loose except ypositive operation will be avoided. he pitch of'the" threads on the screw -51 is such that the parts will be held intheir adfjusted Ositions 'irresp'ective of the an le 0 deflection-of the wheels, or the angle 0 inclinationof the bod y. This will be equally true wlien .tl ie body is held in an approximately horizontal plane.

It is to be understoodthat the wheels W and W are capable of one. vertical axis. However, in view of the fact that any" construction which will ermit this ma be v of lgie fact that wh eels generall pivoted to swing on vertical axes are use with motor vehicles, it is deemed unnecessa to specifically illustrate any particular orm in this case. 'WVhatIclaimis: 1. The combination with a base includ" wheels which are at all times vertical, abody adapted to be su ported by said base,- and means for syn 'ronously deflecting. the wheels and tilting the body.

2. The combination with a. base including wheels which are capable of being deflectec but which always remain in a vertical plane,- of a body, a steering gear and means actuated by the steering gear for permitting the body to tilt with respect to the base when the wheels are deflected.

3. The combination with a base including wheels, of a body, a steering gear and means actuated by the steering gear for permitting the body to tilt with respect to the base a the wheels when the wheels are deflected.

4. A vehicle having a wheeled base and a:

body, a steering gear, and means actuated by the steering gear for cha g the angle of the body with respect to the wheels and 5'. A vehicle having a wheeled base a steering gear and a body, and means actuated by the steering gear for changing the center of gravity of the vehicle in proportion to the angle of deflection of the wheels in a-h l spective of the position of 'thea and 'ositive means forteinpoi'ta As soon as the vehicle body is pertween said base and said z ontal plane, s'o that'the body-willitiltat an angle to the vertical axes of-theswheels- 6. The combination within. wheeled-base and a body, ofmeans for maintainin paral irre-.-

lelism between the-base and theb y pliedloaii flee-ted toward one side,orthe'other,-so. that, I

axes of the wheels.

1. The combinat ioIi,,-with '8. wheeled base,

of roekable elements caffied-by-said base, a

body connected to said iockableelements whereby parallelism willbenaintained between the base and-the body irrespective of the position ofthe load, andii'ie'ans for temporarily destroying the parallelismbetween thebase and the body,

8. -The combination with ahi' se,- of body, connections between saidbase and said body for maintainingparallelism between said base andsaid body ii'respectiveof th'e POSi? tion of the load: on the bQdy',--and -,means whereby said parallelism may be temporarily destroyed.

w 9. The combination a base steering wheels, of ya bod connections =bemaintaining. parallelism bctweeir-tl efbase and the body irrespective of the position of the applied load, connections between the stee theh'od steering wheels,

steering wheels, of rock shafts carried by sai base and connected to the steering wheels, a rack bar conngcted to said rock shafts, and asteering mechanism havring a 'pinion engaging sai rack bar to rock the shafts.

.wheels and the base, and meansfoi' deflecting :the steering wheels andfor tilting =1 10. The combination with- 11 9 of rock shafts carried 'by' ,by said base, a body, connections between 12. The combination with a base having steering wheels, of rock shafts carried by sai base and connected to the steering wheels, a

rack bar connected to said roclg shafts, a steerin mechanism havin a inion eng' iiig said carried'by thebase, and means for tilting thbody when the rock shafts are moved.

13. The combination with a base having steering wheels, of a steering mechanism body and the base includinglasectional-rock shaft having pro 'ections w t threaded openings, a screw aving differently pitched threads engaging said openings, and means rackbar to rock 1; es afts, a be y" therefor, a body, connections between'the Mu: a...

Correction in Letters Patent 932,333.

operable'through the steering mechanism to actuate the screw to change the relative positions of the rock shaft sections.

, 14. The combination with a base haying .5 steering wheels, of hollow longitudina reaches forming a part of said base, a body,

connections between the reaches. and the body, rock shaft-s wlthin the reaches, connections between the rock shafts and the wheels,

a transverse sectional rock shaft carried by the base and connected to the' body, upstanding projections carried by the adjacent ends.

of the rock shaft sections and having threaded openings, ascre'w in saidthreaded openings,

and means for actuating the rock shafts and for synchronously actuating the screw.

15. The combination with a'base having steering wheels, of hollow rockable reaches forming part of said base, a cushioning all sald wheels, and means actuated by the mechanism connected to said reaches, a

body;-connectionsbetween the reaches andthe body, rock shafts .within' the reaches, connections between the rock shafts and the wheels, 21 transversesectional rock shaft oar- 2'5 -ried-by the base and connected to the body,

upstandi'n projections carried by the ad- 'ace nt on s of the rock shaft sections and avmg threaded opemngs, a screw in said [SEAL-1 threaded o enings, and means for actuating I the rock s afts and for synchronously actuating the screws v 16. The combinat on with honzontaloaxles, of means for maintainingsaid axles 1n horizontal planes at all times, wheels on said axles, -a body supported by the axles, and means for deflectlng the wheels to turn the vehicle and for tilting the body with respect to said axles.

17. The combination with axles, of wheels connected' to said axles, a tilting body sup- 4-0 orted by said axles, and means for deflectmg the wheels in horizontal planes only and for tilting the body.

18. The combination with a 'body and axles, of wheels on-said axles at all times vertical but adapted to be deflected out of a straight path, a steering gear for deflectingsteering gear fortilting the bod in propor-' tion to the deflection of the whee s. In testimon whereof, I hereunto afiix my signature, in t e esence 'of two witnesses. C ARLES F. SCHMELZ. Witnesses:

B. F. FUNK, H. W. TUTTLE.

It is herebycertiiied that in-Letters Patent No.- eaaasa rantea August 24 1909' upo'n the application of Charles F. Schinelz, of Bristol, bonnecticut, for animprove ment in Vehiclesjan error appears in thaprinted specification requiring correction as follows In line 103, page 3, the word by should he -stricken out; and that thi; said Letters Patent should 'be read with thir oo'rrection therein that the same'ma v conform to the record of the casein the Patent O mce. Q I i i y.- i

Signed and sealed'this' 14th day of September, A. D., 1909.

F. A. TEN ANT, Q Acting Commissioner of Patents; 7

Correction in Letters Patent 932,333.

operable'through the steering mechanism to actuate the screw to change the relative positions of the rock shaft sections.

, 14. The combination with a base haying .5 steering wheels, of hollow longitudina reaches forming a part of said base, a body,

connections between the reaches. and the body, rock shaft-s wlthin the reaches, connections between the rock shafts and the wheels,

a transverse sectional rock shaft carried by the base and connected to the' body, upstanding projections carried by the adjacent ends.

of the rock shaft sections and having threaded openings, ascre'w in saidthreaded openings,

and means for actuating the rock shafts and for synchronously actuating the screw.

15. The combination with a'base having steering wheels, of hollow rockable reaches forming part of said base, a cushioning mechanism connected to said reaches, a

body;-connect1ons between the reaches andthe body, rock shafts .within' the reaches, connections between the rock shafts and the wheels, 21 transversesectional rock shaft car- 2'5 ried-by the base and connected to the body,

upstandi'n projections carried by the ad- 'ace nt on s of the rock shaft sections and avmg threaded openlngs, a screw in said [SEAL-1 threaded o enings, and means for actuating I the rock s afts and for synchronously actuating the screws 1 6 The combmat on with horizontal axles,

of means for maintainingsaid axles in 11011-- zontal planes at all times, wheels on said axles, -a body supported by the axles, and means for deflectmg the wheels to turn the vehicle and for tilting the body with respect to said axles.

17. The combination with axles, of wheels connected' to said axles, a tilting body sup- 4-0 orted by said axles, and means for deflectmg the wheels in horizontal planes only and for tilting the body.

18. The combination with a 'body and axles, of wheels on-said axles at all times vertical but adapted to be deflected out of a straight path, a steering gear for deflectingall said wheels, and means actuated by the steering gear fortilting the bod in propor-' tion to the deflection of the whee s.

In testimon whereof, I hereunto ailix my signature, in t e esence 'of two witnesses.

C ARLES F. SCHMELZ.

Witnesses:

B. F. FUNK, H. W. TUTTLE.

It is herebycertif ied that in- Letters Patent No.- eaaaaa rantea August 24 1909' upo'n the application of Charles F. Schinelz, of Bristol, bonnecticut, for animprove ment in Vehiclesjan error appears in theprinted specification requiring correction as follows In line 103, page 3, the word by should he -stricken out; and that thi; said Letters Patent should 'be read with thir oo'rrection therein that the same'lna v conform to the record of the casein the Patent O mce. Q I i i y.- i

Signed and sealed'this' 14th day of September, A. D., 1909.

F. A. TEN ANT, Q Acting Commissioner of Patents. 7

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 932,333,- granted August 24, 1909, upon the application of Charles F. Schmelz, of Bristol, Connecticut, for an improvement in Vehicles, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction, as follows: In line 103, page 3, the word by should be stricken out; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with thir correction therein that the sarne may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Oflice.

Signed and sealed this 14th day of September, A. D., 1909.

F. A. TENNANT,

Acting Commimbner of Patents.

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